WEST WHITELAND — Two Deleware County residents are facing retail theft charges after hundreds of dollars worth of baby formula was stolen from area retailers late last month.

According to the West Whiteland Police Department, 27-year-old Deanna Marucci, of Norwood, and 26-year-old Christopher Colgan, of Prospect Park, were identified as suspects in the Aug. 26 theft of $238 worth of baby formula at the Exton Walmart store. A subsequent investigation implicated the pair in two other thefts at two Delaware County Target stores that resulted in the theft of about $400 worth of baby formula on Aug. 23.

Police said Marucci and Colgan told investigators that the baby formula was sold for cash in Philadelphia. Law enforcement officials said baby formula is often stolen and sold for cash to small, privately owned stores in cities like Philadelphia and Wilmington.

Both Marucci and Colgan face pending charges of retail theft and related offenses in connection to the thefts, police said.